#Video: Drones used to protect wildlife by scaring them
The World Wildlife Foundation has a new use for an old weapon in their fight against poachers. The drones that they once used in vane to scare away poachers are...
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Obamacare website problems expanding
It's hard to get on the government's healthcare website. If you can get on, it's hard to stay on. If you can stay on, it's hard to get the information...
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone had mini-blogging ideas before microblogging became a thing
Biz Stone knew all about blogging. He wondered, however, if people would like the concept of mobile blogging that took shorter snippets of information and sent them to their blog...
Will LiFi replace WiFi?
Chinese scientists are working on a way to have wireless internet connections flowing through lightbulbs. A microchipped bulb can produce data speeds of up to 150 megabits per second (Mbps),...
Is the US losing control of the web?
After revelations pointed to the NSA and other spy organizations as using worldwide communication tools, including the internet, to spy on the rest of the world, many organizations decided that...
Finally, a win against patent trolls
No, it's not the minor win of fighting back a patent troll. It's an overarching victory that could force patent trolls to have "skin in the game" if they lose,...
Snowden may have had access due to NSA tardiness
There was anti-leaking software that may or may not have prevented Edward Snowden from being able to leak sensitive data, but the software was late in being installed at his...
Should tech companies help fix Boston’s mass transit?
If you want to travel in Boston, you have to choose between horrendous traffic on narrow streets, the mass transit system, or some other more manual form of transportation. They...
Phone theft is a hot political topic in New York
You know that sick feeling you get when you lose your phone. What about if it gets stolen. In New York, you may have an easier time soon enough. Smartphone...
Jeff Bezos, brilliant evil company mastermind?
Nobody would say that Amazon Jeff Bezos hasn't been successful, but is he a challenge to have as a boss? Amazon can be a uniquely challenging place to work, with...
Imgur picks Yahoo as their sugardaddy
There were plenty of big companies wanting to take Imgur under their wing, but the top image hosting site ended up heading to Yahoo for support. Imgur, the image hosting...
43% of Americans have a tablet, an eReader, or both
These statistics go out the door if you enter a local coffee shop, of course. One in three Americans now owns a tablet, or 35 percent of the population aged...
Sharing your mobile bandwidth isn’t as crazy as it sounds
The days of being frugal with cell phone minutes are pretty much behind us, but data is a whole other topic. People protect their bandwidth tooth and nail. Here's an...
Planning beyond the map
It's important to have a proper vision of the future when building a company or planning a project, but sometimes you have to look beyond the map in order to...
Silk Road successor in the black market gun game shuts down
There are two possible outcomes in the near future. Either Silk Road and now Black Market Reloaded are harbingers to a successful crackdown of the bad worlds on the web,...
Snowden claims his secret files never entered Russia
If Edward Snowden thinks there's a chance that he could be caught by the US government, he could face even more serious charges for bringing files into Russia than the...
Is the NSA chief the bad guy or the fall guy
The government shutdown has brought the nefarious acts of the NSA out of the spotlight, but it will return. When it does, there's a villain that the American people can...
Custom business apps leaning towards iOS
Android has always had an edge on the custom business app realm... until now. When it comes to supporting mobile devices, businesses tend to allow both iOS and Android devices....
Elon Bond? Musk will build 007’s submarine car
Just like a big, rich kid, Elon Musk does exactly what he wants. His latest endeavor - building a car that operates under water. When the car-turned-submarine from the 007...
Can iMessage be broken?
Apple has claimed that their iMessage encryption cannot be broken, but researchers are saying otherwise. A close look at Apple’s iMessage system shows the company could easily intercept communications on...